Bodies of all 10 missing sailors on USS John McCain recovered
‘The US Navy says it has recovered the remains of all the 10 sailors that went missing on USS John McCain guided-missile destroyer, a week after the warship collided with an oil tanker off the coast of Singapore.
The US Navy’s 7th Fleet, to which the destroyer belongs, said Monday that the bodies were scattered around within the destroyer, which has been docked at Changi naval base in Singapore ever since the August 21 collision.
“The incident is under investigation to determine the facts and circumstances of the collision,” said a spokesman for the Japan-based 7th Fleet.
The sailors were mostly electronics technicians, according to an earlier statement by the US military. Five sailors were also injured.
The McCain collided with the Liberian-flagged oil tanker, which was three times its size, before dawn near the entrance to the Strait of Malacca, one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes.’
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